Sidney edward sams



S. E. SAMS.

PASTRY ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15. m9.

1,323,410. Patenfed Dec. 2,1919.

INVENTOR SIDNEY E.SAMS

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ATTYS.

SIDNEY EDWARD SAMS, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PASTRY-ROLLER.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed April 15, 1919. Serial No. 290,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY EDWARD SAMS, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pastry-Rollers, of which thefollowing is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pastry rollers and the object ofthe invention is to so construct the roller that full advantage may betaken of the wrist action during the operation of rolling out the pastrywhereby a soft, yet firm pressure is exerted upon the dough to graduallyand more evenly roll it out and thereby produce a lighter pastry and itconsists essentially of the following arrangement and construction ofparts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my roller.

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In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the various figures.

1 indicates a roller which is preferably slightly tapered toward itsinner ends at 1.

2, is a sectional view showing the hand applied thereto showing itsoperation.

In operation the flat bar handle 3 is grasped by the hand, the arms 2being held at a slight incline. As the roller is pushed over the pastrytoroll it out the wrist of the hand has a free movement which not onlyenables the roller to cover a greater extent of pastry in its back andforth movement but prevents a heavy. pressure being exerted on thepastry, which would have a tendency to compress it too rapidly and.would not result in the production of light pastry. The trouble has beenthat inexperienced persons in using a roller directly operated by thehands at the ends thereof press too heavily thereon. By my constructionthis heavy pressure is absolutely prevented, a light pressure only beingpossible which gradually rolls out the pastry to the required thickness.

What I claim as my invention is.

1. The combination with a pastry roller, of arms swingably mounted ateach end of the roller, and a fiat bar-like handle connecting the outerends of the arms together.

2. The combinationwith a pastry roller, of resilient arms swingablymounted at each end of the roller, and a flat bar-like handle connectingthe outer ends of the arms together. I

SIDNEY EDWARD SAMS.

Witnesses M. EGAN, H. HEBDEN.

